title: Phenyliodine(III) bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA)-promoted synthesis of Bodipy dimers displaying unusual redox properties.
abstract: Phenyliodine(III) bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA) in conjunction with a Lewis acid promotes C-C coupling of Bodipy monomers leading to mixtures of various oligomers. When a single position is blocked with an iodo or phenyl group, formation of the dimer is favored. These dimers display two successive oxidation and two reduction waves separated on average by 260 and 130 mV, respectively, corresponding to each Bodipy subunit.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Spectroscopies Avancées (LCOSA), CNRS, École de Chimie, Polymères, Matériaux de Strasbourg (ECPM), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, Cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rihn
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Antoinette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Nicola
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Retailleau
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ziessel